"The Wednesday Play" (1964)TV series 1964-1970

Creator:

Sydney Newman

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

28 October 1964 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Series of one-off plays made by BBC television which gave breaks a wide range of writers and directors in the late 60s...

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Edwin Brown	...	Chief Prison Officer / ... (9 episodes, 1965-1969)
Michael Robbins	...	Albert Barking / ... (7 episodes, 1966-1970)
Ken Jones	...	Arthur / ... (7 episodes, 1965-1969)
Alec Coleman	...	Gambler / ... (7 episodes, 1965-1967)
Tony Selby	...	Brother Malachay / ... (6 episodes, 1965-1967)
George Sewell	...	Barney the tallyman, in the washhouse / ... (6 episodes, 1965-1967)
Neville Smith	...	Eddie / ... (6 episodes, 1965-1969)
Paddy Joyce	...	Docker / ... (6 episodes, 1965-1969)
Griffith Davies	...	Jackie Coulson / ... (6 episodes, 1965-1969)
Alan Selwyn	...	Gambler / ... (6 episodes, 1965-1967)
William Moore	...	Constable Howell / ... (5 episodes, 1965-1967)
John Bailey	...	Humphrey Wiles / ... (5 episodes, 1965-1967)
John Kidd	...	Auctioneer / ... (5 episodes, 1965-1967)
Will Stampe	...	Boat Proprietor / ... (5 episodes, 1965-1967)
Wally Patch	...	Grandad / ... (5 episodes, 1965-1967)
Keith Campbell	...	American / ... (5 episodes, 1965-1969)
Julie May	...	Inmate at Cumbermere Lodge / ... (5 episodes, 1965-1968)
Eric Mason	...	Policeman / ... (5 episodes, 1965-1969)
Peter Jeffrey	...	Charles / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1967)
Keith Barron	...	Nigel Barton / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1967)
Eileen Atkins	...	Joan / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1969)
Rosemary Leach	...	Jean Marfield / ... (4 episodes, 1967-1970)
Derek Francis	...	Cornelius Shafton / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1969)
James Maxwell	...	Captain Miller / ... (4 episodes, 1964-1966)
Elizabeth Begley	...	Auntie / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
Geraldine Moffat	...	Jo / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1969)
Dennis Golding	...	Boy / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1967)
Llewellyn Rees	...	Arnold / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
Walter Hall	...	Henry Cooper / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1969)
Godfrey James	...	Bert / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1970)
Yvonne Antrobus	...	Girl / ... (4 episodes, 1966-1967)
Frank Littlewood	...	Judge / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1970)
John Phillips	...	Cardinal Runan / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
Isobel Black	...	Annabel Tranter-Percy / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
Barbara Couper	...	Agnes Kinsale / ... (4 episodes, 1966-1967)
Jo Rowbottom	...	Christine / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1970)
Winifred Dennis	...	Mrs. Ward / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
Tommy Godfrey	...	Plantaganet King / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1967)
Basil Henson	...	Brigadier Terence O'Brian / ... (4 episodes, 1964-1968)
Eileen Way	...	Aunt Erika / ... (4 episodes, 1966-1969)
Lucy Griffiths	...	Bishop's wife / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1966)
Lionel Wheeler	...	Policeman / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
Eunice Black	...	Audrey / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1967)
Frank Jarvis	...	Customer / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
Andrea Lawrence	...	Gambler / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1967)
Christine Hargreaves	...	Doreen / ... (4 episodes, 1967-1970)
George Tovey	...	Little George / ... (4 episodes, 1965)
Eileen Colgan	...	Dora / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
Cleo Sylvestre	...	Inmate at Holm Lea / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1969)
James Appleby	...	Bushey / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1968)

Runtime:

75 min (172 episodes) | UK:75 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Black and White | Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Cult of...: Adam Adamant Lives! (#1.1)" (2006)